Also called: Mobile Lithotripsy Technician
Drives a truck-mounted shock-wave machine to hospitals and runs it while urologists blast kidney stones into sand.
Pulls a van or trailer up to a hospital loading dock, rolls the lithotripter into the procedure room and calibrates it. During each case you aim the shock waves using live X-ray, adjust the power and keep the patient positioned while the urologist watches. Then you pack up for the next town.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2.5 years after high school. Often a radiologic or surgical technologist; companies train you on the machine.
Ways in: 2-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Radiologic Technology, Surgical Technology.
Growing about average. Steady; kidney stones are common.
Low risk for 10 years. Driving, setting up and aiming the machine during procedures stays hands-on.
Classes: Physics, Biology, Driver's education.
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